Standard for desk-calendars.



P. A. HALE. STANDARD FOR DESK CALENDARS.l

APPLICATION FILED SBPT-19, 1906.

916,550. Patented Mar. 3o, 1909.

STANDARD FOR DE SLK-CALENDARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 80, 1909.

Application :tiled September 19, 1906. Serial No. 335,285.

To all whom 'it may concer/Iz:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. HALE, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Standards Afor Desk-Oakendars, of which the following is a speciiication, and which areillustrated in the accent panying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to standards for desk calendars of that typehaving a base adapted to rest on a desk or table, and having a seat forsupporting a pad of calendar leaves each of which is preferably soprinted as to provide a space for the making of notes or memoranda whichmay be identi-fied by the calendar information printed on the leaf.

More particularly, the invention relates to that form of standard fordesk calendars in which there is also provided a second seat to whichthe leaves of the pad may be turned, and 'filing wires or arches formaintaining the leaves in their proper relation and for guiding them asthey are moved between the two seats.

The object of the invention is to provide a standard for calendar pads,upon which such a pad may be supported with the face of one of itsleaves and the back of the next adjacent leaf simultaneously exposed ina convenient position for writing thereon, the filing Wires or arches ofthe standard being so arranged that they do not ailord any obstructionto the hand or pencil in writing, nor obscure any printed portion of thecalendar leaves when the device is viewed from the front.

The invention consists in a holder' for desk calendars having Ylilingarches of different span in order that these arches niay, if desired,occupy the saine plane.

A detail of the invention provides iinproved means for securing thefiling arches to the base of the standard.

In the accompanying drawnigseFigure 1 is an inclined plan view of astandard for desk calendars constructed according to the invention andshowing some of the leaves of a calendar pad in place on the standard;Fig. 2 is a detail bottom plan view of one corner of the same; Fig. 3 isa front elevation of the saine, the direction of view being slightlyinclined as in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a sectional detail on the line 4-4 ofFig. 3; Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fie'. 1; Figs. 6and 7 are sectional details illustrating inodiiied methods of securingthe end of one of the iiling arches to the base.

A holder for desk calendars is shown in the drawings comprising a base1() and having two seats 11, 12, for calendar leaves X, the two seatsbeing side by side as viewed from the front. Preferably these two seats1 1 and 12 are in the saine plane and, as shown, they are forined uponthe base 10, each being a portion of an inclined table 13 whichconstitutes the top of the base.

A pair of vertical iiling arches 1i, 15, of different span are provided,for supporting the pad leaves X upon the two seats 11 and 12. As shownthese arches are in the saine plane near the rear or higher edge of thetable 13, and they are preferably parallel in order to serve as a guidewhen the leaves are overturned from one seat to the other.

Most conveniently both of the iiling arches 1li, 15, are fornied from asingle rod, being connected by a short horizontal section ofthe roddesignated 16 (Fig. 5) and adapted to rest in a suitable socket 17provided in the base for that purpose. As shown the archconnectingportion 1o of this rod is bowed upwardly intermediate its ends, asindicated at 1S, and it is clamped to its seat 19 at the bottoni of thesocket 17 to support the arches, by a lever 2O pivoted to the under'face of the base at 21 and having a lip 22, which engages the curvedportion of the rod by a cam action. rl`he base 10 is also provided withsockets 23, 24, to receive the rod ends 25, 26, each of which forms aleg of one of the arches 14, 15. The bottoni of one of the sockets, as23, is preferably apertured to permit the end 25 of the rod to protrude,and as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5 of the drawings, this end of the rod isprovided with a notch 27 to receive the point of a retaining lever 28pivoted to the under face of the base at 29. 'hen constructed in thisway the iiling arches 141, 15, may be bodily removed from the base 10for the insertion or removal of calendar leaves, by operating the lever2() to release the arch-connecting portion 1G of the rod and byoperating the lever 2S to re lease the end 25 of the rod. If desiredeither of the 'unconnected ends 25, 26, of the rod may be reduced andthreaded, as shown in Fig. 7 at 32, and a clamping nut 30 appliedthereto, or the end of such rod may be rigidly secured in its socket byineans of a set-screw 31 entering the wall of the socket (Fig. G). IFind, however, that by clamping the arch-connecting portion 16 of therod and one of its ends, as 25, a sufficiently rigid connection betweenthe arches 14k, 15 and the base is obtained.

I claim as my invention l. In a device of the kind described, incombination, a base having a pair or' sockets, a pair of filing archesof unequal span and formed of an integral rod, the ends of the rodformingl one leg of each arch and beingseated in the sockets, means forsecuring one end of the rod in its socket, and a lever pivoted to thebase and adapted to bear on the arch-connecting` portion of the rod.

2. In a device of the kind described, in combination, a base having apair of sockets, a pair of filing arches of unequal span and formed ofan integral rod, the ends of the rod forming one leg of each arch andbeing seated in the sockets, means for securing one end of the rod inits socket, and means for securing the arch-connecting,` portion of therod to the base.

3. In a device of the kind described, in

combination, a base having a pair of sockets, a pair of tiling arches ofunequal span and 'formed of an integral rod, the ends of the rod formingone leg` of each arch and being seated in the sockets and one ol" thelegs being;l notched, a lever pivoted to the base and adapted to engagethe notch, and means for securing the arch-connecting portion of the rodto the base.

A calendar stand comprising, in coinbination, a base having a socket, apair of filing arches of unequal span formed of an integral rod, theends of the rod each formingI one leg of one of the arches, the end ofthe rod forming a part of the larger arch and the arch-connectingportion of the rod being secured to the base, the end of the rod formling a part of the smaller arch being loosel)T seated in a socket in thebase.

FRANK A. HALE.

Witnesses GEORGE L. CHINDAHL, CHAnLEs B. GILLSON.

